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Senior right f ielder Andy Duke I said the Aggies have grown accus- I tomed to making comebacks. “Ever since I have been here we’ve I done a pretty good job ol coming I back," he said. “That’s part of base- I ball — you’re gonna get down some- I times.” Mike Easley, senior first baseman I for A&M. got things going in Fri- I day’s game. In four plate appear- I ances, he had three hits, including a home run, and drove in five runs. The second inning was big for the Aggies. Easley led the inning with a line-drive single and a three-run shot over the right field fence. A&M had another banner inning in the sixth, scoring seven runs on six hits. John Byington led off with a single and Eric Albright walked. Duke loaded the bases with a bunt single down the third base line. Eas ley knocked Byington and Albright home on a line single to right field. That forced Pan Am to replace Todd Burgess, the second pitcher of the day, with Joe Gilhaus. Aggie Baseball • Record:3 wins, 0 losses. • Ranking: 11th. • Next GamerTuesday at Southwest Texas State. Duke scored on a wild pitch by Gilhaus and A&M’s two starting freshmen, Trey Witte and Ronnie Allen, got a single and a double, re spectively. Allen scored Easley on his hit. Kirk Thompson reached on a fielder's choice to set up Terry Tay lor’s two-run blast over the right field fence to round out the scoring in the inning. Sophomore Steve Hughes got A&M’s first win of the season in four innings of relief for starter Randy Pryor. A&M sent all nine batters to the plate in a single inning five times. A&M coach Mark Johnson said his team was ready to hit the ball. “I don’t know if we’re a big inning hall club — we were this weekend.” he said. “Everybody was loose enough to hit the ball.” Duke said, “It feels really good to come into the opening series and hit the ball.” For the weekend, the Aggies scored 40 runs on 37 hits. Pan Am had five homers in the se ries, including three by center fielder Sidney Holland. The early game Saturday caused botli teams to reach deep. A&M jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the sec ond inning before Pan Am clob bered senior righthander Mark Her rmann for seven runs. Only two of the runs were earned. First baseman Mark Beene keyed the inning with a three-run shot. In the bottom half of the third, the Ag gies showed they weren’t going to sit still as they brought home five runs, including two on a double by third baseman Byington. The Broncs made it 8-6 in the fourth when Holland connected on See Baseball/Page 12 Aggies Terry Taylor (left) and Chuck Knob- A&M’s wins in a season-opening three- lauch (right) score during one of Texas game sweep of Pan American. tan backbiting and hi;: Aggie, Longhorn baseball rivalry will heat up SWC season ikesman Robin Mat e. which faces a Mam ,t by the Internatioii M achinists, had non leaving the magaa i planes. ile of (Texas Ain as unflattering n red in that vein bye Matell told the Min isidering the cuna we decided to rent nu: Busl lefends Tower GTON (AP)-Pres > standing up forDt- ■tary-designate Job id expects the Senaif his nomination and allegations aboutte id personal affair e chief of staff Job Sunday. igle allegation that: 1 nee that has been is produced a dr> TU. ppeared headed f«i lation until consent Paul Weyrich test the Senate Armd mmittee on Jan, 31 seen the nominee in nd accompanied t? r than his wife, in, allegations lia« ■d. A confirmatioi elayed until at leas a new allegation la? ruing Tower’s cam- :es during his 24-ycl : Senate. rman of the Senatt dees Committee, Sal a., has said that ht ate in favor of TotW legations are cleared so expressed concert s drinking, has been set for tkf o vote on the no® ate is in the process! t the same things' 1 the name went uf: 1 on the ABC-TVb ogram, “This Wed irinkley.” ed down through li* ise allegations,” S® late has to work the President is cof the same thing»; they go through thi negations will be pH ave any basis andtW do vote, John Tow firmed.” 6074025® that the adminisirr] ithheld from Den* nators materiil m 'Power by the FBI [ ime the Senate hi ■ information, we had the FBI to provil! also said he did r i was holding uplh in an effort to es vn power, hink that’s fair to Sat I 1 Sununu, in respor? an. “1 think the sea record proves (hath . the defense of t! ,; T he 1988-89 school year lias been a rough one f pt fans of the Southwest Conference and Texas A&M. During the fall and winter the conference has been bad-mouthed in the national pi ess fin one thing or another. During football season the talk centered on the football iec i uiting scandals and the relative medioc niy of the teams in comparison toothei conferences. A&M was in the spotlight tor its probation sentence. Now that basketball season has arrived ihe bubble heads on television don’t even mention SWC on their national broadcasts because of the inferior quality of hoops in ihe region. 1 he criticism of the SWC as a conference full of “outlaw” teams may nave been a little Doug Walker Sports editor overdone concerning football. The basketball played in this part of the country is no match for the action you’ll see in the Big East, the ACC or the Big Fen. Baseball is the SWC’s best hope for national respect. Mark Johnson’s Aggies could be the group to vindicate a year of frustration for A&M fans. His squad, though picked to finish second to perennial champion Texas, looks like the champion on paper The Aggies are the most experienced and explosive team heading into the season. Texas, which has won 61 of 74 SWC titles, has a lot of unproven talent. Even Texas coach Cliff Gustafson is picking the Aggies. “I’ve got to go with A&M because of their experience and the offensive lineup they '■ in throw at you,” Gus said. Under Gustafson, the Longhorns simply reload every year. A rebuilding year for Texas usually includes a trip to the N( A A regionals. A&M, Texas and Arkansas annually receive bids to the NCAA tourqament and are frequently joined at the top by another contender. Don’t be surprised if Texas comes out on top of the SWC once again this year. Somehow the Longhorns always come up with just enough to edge the Aggies in their three-game series. Maybe it’s a mental thing. W hatever it is, he Horns always seem to come out on top. Maybe the difference is in the non conference competition the teams face. While A&M may play Maine, a regular visitor to the College World Series, in the first Aggie Invitational, A&M’s non- conference slate doesn’t match up well with T exas’s. A&M may meel Oklahoma State, another perennial power, in the Dixie Classic in Louisiana next month. Both teams are top teams this year. A&M does have a respectable schedule and will probably rack up a lot of victories. By comparison, Texas faces a schedule outside of the SWC that can only be described as vicious. The Longhorns, who swept UCLA over the weekend, have series against national powers Arizona State (three games), Miami (3) and a pair two-game home-and-home series against Oklahoma. Who knows? Maybe this really is the year the Aggies unseat Texas. But don’t bet on it. The Longhorns will be right in the thick of things when it’s all said and done. And the difference between A&M and Texas may end up being the Longhorns' stronger schedule. NICARAGUA: MYTH OR REALITY FEA TURING DR. ALBERT L. MICHAELS professor of history STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO Monday, February 13,1989 206 MSC 8:30 PM Free Admission This program is presented for educational purposes, and does not constitute an endorsement for any speaker.